Entry to the competition is now open for groups and individuals, with a closing date of 31st March 2014. Finalists will be invited to showcase their projects at an event at the Natural History Museum during Universities Week, with a £2,500 prize for the winner to develop or share their engagement work with others.

Across the UK researchers are engaging the public in lots of different ways and for lots of different reasons. We want to recognise and reward great quality examples of public engagement in practice, and we want you to get involved.